“ When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. ”
When your fathers - Your ancestors. See this verse explained in the notes on Hebrews 3:9 . Tempted me - Tried me; tried my patience, to see how much I would bear. This does not mean, as it c...
XCV. A Hymn of Praise. The greatness of God in nature. A warning from the history of Israel in the wilderness. There is no cogent reason for dividing the Ps. into two. For Massah and Meribah. see...
When. Hebrew. asher . where. tempted. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. and . yea.
9 When your fathers tempted me, they proved me The Psalmist insinuates, as I have already remarked, that the Jews had been from the first of a perverse and almost intractable spirit. And the...
DISCOURSE: 660 DEVOTION TO GOD RECOMMENDED AND ENFORCED Psalms 95:6-11 . O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of...
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. When your fathers tempted me - Tried me, by their insolence, unbelief, and blasphemy. They proved me - they had full proof of my power to sav...
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, -Warning against hardening the heart, and so forfeiting the Lord's promise...
This Ps. (the 'Venite,' 'Invitatory Psalm') consists of a call to praise God as King, as the Creator of the world, and the Shepherd of His people ( Psalms 95:1-7 ), followed by a warning against unbe...
Proved me. — Properly, of trying metals. This term is used of man’s attitude towards Providence, both in a good and bad sense ( Malachi 3:10 ; Malachi 3:15 ). And saw my work. — Better (as in...
Psalms 95:1-11 THIS psalm is obviously divided into two parts, but there is no reason for seeing in these two originally unconnected fragments. Rather does each part derive force from the other; a...
Praise the Lord and Tempt Him not Psalms 95:1-11 This psalm is deeply inwoven into the life of the Church, because of the worshipful strain which pervades it, and also because of the illuminati...
We pause here to note a connection between a group of psalms, viz., Psalms 93:1-5 ; Psalms 94:1-23 ; Psalms 95:1-11 ; Psalms 96:1-13 ; Psalms 97:1-12 ; Psalms 98:1-9 ; Psalms 99:1-9 ; Psalms...
The Holy Ghost hath given his decided comment upon this scripture, with reference to the church, Hebrews 3:4 , and adverts to the circumstances of Israel at the waters of Massah and Meribah, Exodus...
When your fathers tempted me ,.... Or, "where" i; that is, in the wilderness, particularly at Meribah and Massah; it was Christ they tempted, as appears from 1 Corinthians 10:9 proved me : had p...
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. Ver. 9. When your fathers tempted me ] Ten times, all along the wilderness, Numbers 14:22 , though They saw my work ] Both mercies and...
Harden not your heart As if he had said, If ye will hear his voice , and profit by what you hear, then do not harden your hearts by obstinate unbelief and wilful disobedience, rebelling against th...
Warning against Hardness of Heart. 7--To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocatio...
When; or, in which place ; which may belong either to Meribah and Massah, or to the wilderness last mentioned. Or, surely , as this word is oft used in Scripture, as hath been observed once and a...
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm is one of a series intended for the Temple worship, and possibly composed for some festal occasion. Both the joyfulness of its opening verses, and its general character, in...
tempted Temptation. ( Psalms 106:14 ); ( Genesis 3:1 ); ( James 1:2 ).
Psalms 95:1 . O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. The worship of God should always be joyful, hence there is to be much singing in it. God...
The Jews with one consent refer this psalm to the days of the Messiah. St. Paul had therefore the fullest authority for addressing it to the Hebrews. It was composed by David, when God had put all ad...
O come, let us sing unto the Lord. The grandest of creature services I. It is the most righteous. Adoration rendered to-- 1. The greatest Being. (1) Great in Himself ( Psalms 95:3 ). (2...
EXPOSITION THIS is a liturgical psalm, probably composed for the temple service, and still used in the synagogue as one of the Friday evening Psalms which introduce the sabbath. The Western Ch...
Admonition to Praise Jehovah and Hear His Word. By comparing verse 8 of this psalm with Hebrews 4:7 , we find that it should be ascribed to David, either written by him personally or by one of hi...
1 Corinthians 10:9 ; John 15:24 ; Matthew 11:20-22 ; Numbers 14:22 ; Psalms 78:1 ; Psalms 78:17
Works — Both of mercy, and of justice.